Here's the Bluffton High School Hi-Y from 62 school years ago.
According to the Bluffton High School yearbook: Hi-Y is a group of sophomore, junior and senior boys joined together for good fellowship and to fulfll the Hi-Y purpose which is “To create, maintain and extend throughout the home, school and community, high standards of Christian Character.”
This photo is from the 1952-53 school year. Names of members are posted on the photo.
Sixty-three school years have pasted since this photo was taken. It's the Bluffton High School Tri-Hi-Y in the 1951-52 school year.
According to the caption under the photo:
Tri-Hi-Y consists of sophomore, junior and senior girls organized to promote the growth of the spiritual, mental and physical sides of life. The purpose is “to create, maintain and extend throughout the home, school and community high standards of Christian character.”
Meetings have centered around personality, narcotics and careers.
The names of the members are listed under the photo.
Presenting the Bluffton High School Pirates boys' basketball team - 65 seasons ago. It was the 1949-50 squad, and they finished the year with an impressive record of 12 wins in 16 games.
Names of the players are on the photo. Click on image to enlarge.
P.S. This team played its games in the old gym against Western Buckeye League opponents.
Sixty basketball seasons ago, these Bluffton Pirates finsihed 11 and 6 overall and third in the Western Buckeye League.
Team members from left are Jim "Spike" Berry, guard; Jim Fisher, guard; Ron Lora, forward; James Matter, forward; Thorne Lauriat, forward; Jack Fields, center; Ron Geiser, forward; Don Alspach, center, Marvin Diller, guard and Joe Urich, guard.
This team was the 1955-56 non-county tournament champs.
Here's a "one-of-a-kind" Bluffton High School boys' basketball team. It's the 1964-65 season and is the first-ever for the combined school districts of Bluffton and Beaverdam. Interesting to note that there are five Beaverdam players and five Bluffton players.
Somewhere in the past the identity of a "Bluffton" student and "Beaverdam" student disappeared. But during the first few school years from '64 on, you were identified by one or the other community.
